Following a whirlwind week of player adjustments, Gilas Pilipinas leaves for Hangzhou, China on Sunday, September 24, still hopeful that the 'crammed lessons' from interim coach Tim Cone will somehow be enough to prepare the national team for the 19th Asian Games.
The national team spent its final day of practice on Saturday, giving the four replacements— CJ Perez, Chris Ross, Kevin Alas and Arvin Tolentino— an extra day to go through the system.Marcio Lassiter is also a last-minute addition as he takes the spot of Roger Pogoy, who is already out due to a medical issue.Gilas just played its one and only tuneup game on Friday with the national team scoring an 86-81 triumph against the Korean club team Changwon LG Sakers.
Cone also explained that the days spent at training camp at Inspire Sports Academy in Calamba, Laguna has been precious as the coaching staff emphasized the salient points of the system.'Our trip to Inspire, all the things we're emphasizing there really showed up in the game . That means all guys are buying in,' shared the PBA's all-time winningest coach in his interview with CNN Sports Desk.
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